Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
No, not unless we needed exactly his profile to do a very specific job and that would complete our squad. He wasn't THAT good. Juve paid that and they overpaid.
Don't get me wrong - huge, immediate upgrade over Garner. It's just not smart squad building in the long term and we have to be incredibly smart to get back to where we want to be.
Signing a 27/28 peak aged midfielder who was a top 4 sides best CM by a distance gives the squad a massive injection. You need the odd instant star to level up the whole team.
Related question, because this is where my head goes with it, would you rather him for 40m or Hackney for 20m?
Douglas-Luiz because he could knit defence to attack to make us even better on transition.
Having the likes of him unleash the front 4 could prove to be lethal.
His last season, he played 35 league games, scoring 9, playing 53 games in total with Europe/cups. 10 assists that season too. 20+ goal involvements.
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Villa finished 4th - their highest position since 95-96.
His last season earned him a £50m transfer to Juventus.
I actually thought it was a very good deal by Juve. He was class and ive mentioned him in the past when he wasnt used as often.
Just on the flipside, 4 of those goals were pens, and Juve paid 50m and realised their mistake so quickly they're trying to get their money back after one season.
No.
Juventus use a slow build up. Alcaraz is excellent playing directly and quick on the transition to do damage.
He didnt fit into their, Southamptons or Flamengo's passing game.
Douglas-Luiz would be the same. Put him in our team, play it to him quickly on the counter then see him release our 4.